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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The earliest form of the Greek language, the common ancestor of the Greek dialects, including Mycenaean and the classical Greek dialects. uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

protohellenic

Etymology

From proto- + Greek.

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